[Randjuke]

GOP Chick, I hear what you are saying but this is the way I look at it - as conservatives we often criticize liberals for attacking people instead of ideas, and I don't want to fall into that trap. If the bill is good, it is good whether Hillary is associated with it or not, the bill should stand on it's own merits and not on the merits (or lack of) of it's co-sponsors.

Am I happy Hillary may get some political mileage of of this? No, but I am happy to see some consideration given to reservists, who have been called upon to do a lot the past decade or so and have not given much credit by the press. I am glad to see Mr. Graham's name associated with the bill.

[NYC GOP Chick]

GOP Chick, I hear what you are saying but this is the way I look at it - as conservatives we often criticize liberals for attacking people instead of ideas, and I don't want to fall into that trap. If the bill is good, it is good whether Hillary is associated with it or not, the bill should stand on it's own merits and not on the merits (or lack of) of it's co-sponsors.

I'm not saying that he should criticize her or anything, just that he shouldn't be going out of his way to not only help burnish her "military credentials" but to *praise* her!

She's working hard to establish a reputation as being strong on military issues (an essential for any woman who wishes to lead a nation) and as a more "moderate" 'rat who is not the left-wing harpie that we know she is and who can "reach across the aisle" and work with some of the most conservative senators.

Am I happy Hillary may get some political mileage of of this? No, but I am happy to see some consideration given to reservists, who have been called upon to do a lot the past decade or so and have not given much credit by the press. I am glad to see Mr. Graham's name associated with the bill.

All true -- but she is not in any way *needed* for that. It just galls me that this hag from hell despises the military, but is using them and their well-being as a steppingstone to a White House campaign, and Lindsey Graham is aiding and abetting her in that.